diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/packet/impl/DistributedPacketStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/packet/impl/DistributedPacketStore.java
index 1c02da9..1043c45 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/packet/impl/DistributedPacketStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/packet/impl/DistributedPacketStore.java
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@
         }
 
         private boolean addInternal(PacketRequest request) {
-            Collection<? extends PacketRequest> values =
-                Versioned.valueOrNull(requests.putAndGet(key(request), request));
-            return values.size() == 1;
+            return requests.put(key(request), request);
         }
 
         private void remove(PacketRequest request) {